Hi guys, my name is Afsiina and I'm back with another vlog, today I'm going to be
talking about how to juggle a part-time job while studying at the University. So
for me, I do have a part-time job and I do I work at the University, and I do study
at the University as well, so I will be talking more about that later on in
the vlog, so overall in the vlog I'm going to be talking about the benefits
of having a job and how to get a job and how to balance your job while studying
at the University as well. So the benefits of having a job is obviously
you make money, you can earn an income, you'll be able to gain some new
knowledge and experience about how a job is and how it works and there are so
many factors in a job that you may not have learned in school or it'll just give you a
bit more practice for after you finish your education, you'll be able to
know how to work in the real world. Moreover, you can make new friends, you'll
be able to gain some intellectual and social intelligence and you'll be more
comfortable, you'll be more confident and you'll know the fact that you've done
this before and you've got experience and you will be greater when you get
a degree and get your job. So how to balance your studies while going to a
university or some type of education- it's really hard, that's what I
struggled with in the beginning when I first started a job, but I learned that
when you go to an employer and you tell them when you're free you make sure
you tell them what days you are actually free. So for me, I only go to University two
days a week, and then the rest of the week I'm free, but I will say three
because I want that one day for me to get my assignments done or essays or
whatever I need to get done as well but you need to think about the timing of
jobs as well because some jobs are a nine-to-five job or some jobs are
evening or morning it just depends on what you want to go for, and then after
that you'll be able to do your studies so then you'll be able to know when you
will be able to go university, or do your work, or do your essays/
assignments whatever you need to do. So as a Graphic Designer,
and being on a course of Graphic Design it is time-consuming because you
have to do physical and digital work. So for me, I had to maintain my work, I
needed to think about how I can do this. So when I hand my CV out and they tell me
about the availability or even if you do online they will ask you, they were more
or less ask you when are you free and what available times you have. So for me
I did say that two days I won't be able to work but the rest of the week I can, and
that's when your employer will know what day so then at least they'll know in
advance. So that is a really good thing, so for me I do work in the
morning or afternoon but it depends on my contract because my contract is eight
hours, that's the minimum, so if you wanted to do, you can do more
so most jobs they are lenient because you will do the hours that you've
contracted for but you can do more if you're free from uni, if you say "well
I'm not in on this day do you want me to work?" or "I can do this shift" so you
can swap shifts. More or less, employees are lenient like that if you
want to do a part-time job, and they will know in advance that you are in
education so they will know the fact that you won't be able to do specific
days, they will be so supportive of you. So you can create a balance, you can be
organised and the way I organise myself is the fact that I do morning and
afternoon (shifts) quite a bit so then in the evenings I will do my work. It's just the
way I work, it just depends on how you want to work and how you think it's
suitable for you, so before you apply make sure you think about what days you
want to go to work, how many hours you want to do so that's a really good thing for
you to focus on, time management is key. How to find a part-time job - so there are
so many ways you can find a part-time job on social media, online there are
there are job boards like indeed and CV (Library) if you literally just go on Google
and write 'part-time jobs' there'll be so many links to where you can go to find
part-time jobs and it is hard in the North East but you just have to keep
handing your CV in, and honestly you will get a job because for the past five
months I was going crazy with my CV
I just kept handing it out online and physically inside the shop as well
and then I finally got a job but for me, I had that support of going to the
University and asking them in the end and that was so much easier because they
did help me with my CV and they did help me understand how to talk, how to communicate
professionally and how to and be professional at the same time at work so
then they'll know that I'm ready to work that I'm not ready to mess about.
You can find a job online as I said, some jobs if they are looking for
vacancies they will put it on the shop window for you to go inside the shop and
hand your CV in, or you can go on websites for example in Sunderland The
Bridges is in our town centre and if you go online it says jobs on the links (tab) and
then you just click on that and then you'll see what jobs there are inside the town
as well and then they will tell you if you need to hand your CV in or if you
need to go online, or email them so there are so many ways you can find a job you just
need to look for them, you need to search for them, you need to do the hard work for
them. Uni can help in so many ways, so there is a student job fair, there's events going
on all the time, student job fairs is where some companies come in they've
got vacancies and that's where you can go to that event and you can just put your CV
in and give it to them and that is a good way for you to communicate
with your employer so that is such a good thing for the university to do
because sometimes it is, as I said before, it is hard to find a job in the
North East but the University has got back up and they will support you no
matter what and they will try their best to help you and in the university you
can become a Student Ambassador like me. So with me, I am a Student Ambassador,
it's a zero hour contract, you can do as many hours as you like or as little as
you can do, whatever you want to do, but it is like a real-life interview
process there are stages to the process as well but it's such a good job, I
always tell my friends who go to University, to do Student Ambassador
because it is a really good job and you do it whenever you're free, they will
email you assignments for you to do, like any jobs that are available for example
a school will be coming so you will need to help out, or work at an open day, or work at a
class or go to schools or even just help maintain a secondary school that come in
and just talk to them and communicate with them or tell them your experiences
at the University, work for the Summer School and most people that have come to
university did go to Summer School school so you would see people with the orange hoodies
or the orange tops that says Student Ambassador, so they are literally on a
job they do get paid for that, I do get paid for that and that is a really good
way to have a job as well because you are maintaining your studies but you're
still working at the same time and it's not very far with travel, I know
for me like I don't like to travel much so with me having a job at the
University I can literally just go to university, go to my job whatever I need
to do and then do my work for my course so that is such a good way as well you
don't have to do assignment if you've got a really busy month with an exam
season you don't need to do any jobs sooner but you can do it after a month
so it is a really good job to do because you it's really leaning you can do it
whenever you're free to do it there was a job available on a Tuesday and I knew
I had University on a Tuesday I wouldn't do it so I would not sign my name to see
that I can do that job but then if it's on a Wednesday and I'm free on a
Wednesday I will do it so it is a really good thing to do because you work with a
lot of age ranges whether it's parent students its girls primary school so it
does give you a lot of experience and it is really good for the CV because when
I've had my CV and I'd advise student ambassador
so I so then they know the fast oh you know what she does have experience she
does know what what do so even if you don't have any experience at all student
ambassador is such a good job that you do like I highly recommend it I
recommend it to everyone that I have joined the student ambassador this year
and they were like I've seen you know what this is such a good job and I'm so
glad that you've told me about it so yeah so my experience at the
University being a student ambassador is the fact that I've met so many nice
friends like whenever I walk past them I'm like oh hey you're right like are
you doing any shoes ambassador jobs and also like when I'm my favorite thing
that I worked at student ambassador want some school because it's just a fun job
to do like you communicate in with and other people who were gonna be joining
joining University in September and you just tell them your experience you have
fun with them you'd be social with them you help them are you tell them a goal
and it's such a good feeling because you know at least you're helping them and
you know you know what of representing the University and they just kind of
look up to you because they know that you're already in that experience and
another thing is I love working with like primary schools because they are so
we need to work with and you just get in and be so comfortable with everyone
because the employees are so so so support if they will be they are so nice
so loving like they're not that types of people that you're gonna be shy in front
of everyone is confident even though you will not be confident at the beginning
slowly you will because at least you know you've caught the University for
backup and you've got them for support and when you speak to them as a student
ambassador they will help you out no matter what so when I'm doing a long
assignment and they will always ask you or do you need any help or is there
anything and you want us to do or I'm doin tea or coffee like little things
like that it's such a good job to do and I do highly recommend it like I can't
say this enough but with me if I lost like even the Machine
ambassador I do have another job and if I did lose that other job I know four or
five in fact I've still got my student ambassador and that it's a zero hour
contracts which I can do whenever I can do whenever this jobs available and I
know that I'm free I will be able to do it but yeah hopefully you do
I used to join the student ambassadors scheme if you do want more information
about it just gone through the university website I'll go on the social
media University of Sunderland Instagram where there are so many ways to
communicate with the University of Sunderland to see what you can do and
how you can join so yeah that's it and I'll hope with that this video did help
a lot of views out there and I hope youse do find a job in the future if
who's on in one at the moment but yeah thank you
bye